The owner of a planned new restaurant in Swansea said he wanted to work with residents who claimed that another licensed premises would mean yet more drunken noise and disturbance in the area.
Kah How Hoh was speaking at a council licensing sub-committee meeting, where councillors also heard from two Brynmill residents who were dismayed at the number of venues which sold alcohol.
Mr Hoh has a Chinese takeaway in Brynymor Road, Brynmill, and has planning consent to convert the neighbouring premises into a restaurant, which will be called Sky-70.